We visited about happy times spent along the river. We remembered that our Alberta rivers include the Elbow and the Bow rivers. We talked about skipping rocks, fishing and the differences between oceans and rivers, what a community is. We also prepared our panels with gesso. The students each took a turn rolling paint on panels, an act that elicited a number of stories and memories as well! The students received their site word list.
Having been hooked up fully on the classroom technology front, I also had the children gather on our community carpet to watch Mayor Nenshi’s invitation to make art on the topic of the flood. Later that day, we began reading river stories. Many good books are written about the river.
There have been summer thunder storms each evening for three nights and besides setting my pooch to shivering, they created quite a drama about things. I’ve finally finished with my intense clean-up in my six-by-six foot storage space that floated in an inch of water…and for who knows how long? It was a bit of a bee in my bonnet as I wanted to be doing other things to get ready for family visits and summer vacation. I’ve now resigned myself to ease off on the pressure.